Colorectal Cancer Screening: Preferences, Past Behavior, and Future Intentions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening rates for colorectal cancer are below the Healthy People 2020 goal. There are several colorectal cancer screening tests that differ in terms of accuracy, recommended frequency, and administration. In this article, we compare how a set of personal characteristics correlates with preferences for colorectal cancer screening test attributes, past colorectal cancer screening behavior, and future colorectal cancer screening intentions.

Methods

We conducted a discrete-choice experiment survey to assess relative preferences for attributes of colorectal cancer screening tests among adults aged 50-75 years in USA. We used a latent class logit model to identify classes of preferences and calculated willingness to pay for changes in test attributes. A set of persona

SUBMITTER: Mansfield C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226356 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature